Authors : Debs-Dragon and Wild-Melody
Disclaimer: The usual applies, we don't own the characters we just borrow them from time to time.
Eternal Journey
Chapter 2
By Debs-dragon.
Trunks & Goten stood silent. Their faces stunned by what they had just witnessed. A large cloud of black smoke began to appear over the mountains. "Come on ." said Goten, "We had better go and see if anyone was on board. They may need our help." Goten went to fly off towards the crash site when he was hauled back to earth by Gohan grabbing the scruff of his neck. "Just hang on a minute there little brother. Don't you think it would be a good idea to let someone know where we are going?" said Gohan, as he placed Goten back on the ground. "We could always ring my mom." piped up Trunks. "Good idea." said Gohan and he turned & went back into the house to make the phone call. Goten & Trunks waited impatiently outside, they were itching to get to the crash site before anyone else. Within minutes Gohan had reappeared. "Right lets go!" he said and the three demi Saiya-jins launched themselves skyward.
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Warning bells were ringing non stop, the interior of the small craft was flashing alternate red & purple. "I can't stop its fall..." said the old male. He looked at his wife who was desperately holding the sphere, the many colors of the rainbow flashing through its crystal depths as she also worked valiantly to stop the ships death spiral. "I can't either." she whispered. She placed the sphere back on the panel in front of her and oblivious to the warning bells and immediate danger she made her way across the heaving swaying floor to her mates side. He gently took her in his arms and pulled her close to him. They stared ahead through the view screen at the rapidly approaching planet surface. She trembled. He stroked her silver black hair and spoke softly, "Don't be afraid. It will all be over quickly." "But what of Anori?" she questioned. He turned his head to look at his wife, his silver eyes shimmered going darker as his thoughts ran rampant in his head. Images flashed through before his eyes... the past... the present.... the future.... He gave a sigh and spoke with a heavy heart. "Anori will be fine. She will survive and one day will take her birth right."
Anori sat on her bed in the confines of her small cabin. She pulled her knees up towards her chest and wrapping her arms around them hugged them close to her body. She knew their situation was desperate, her father would have allowed her to stay on the bridge if it were otherwise. She stared ahead out of the small window into the atmosphere of the planet they were attempting to land on, her brow furrowed as she thought, her silver eyes lightening in color as she searched for the answers to the many questions that were in her head. She went to move to ease the cramping of her muscles when the ship suddenly lurched and she was thrown from the bed catching her head on the corner of the table. She groaned and tried to regain her feet but a sharp pain seared through her temple and mercifully blackness over took her and she slumped unconscious to the floor.
The Mystic female turned again to look at the planet approaching them. "We love you Anori. Always remember that." she sent the message silently then turned to her husband and buried her face against his chest as the bridge of the ship began to turn yellow then orange and finally white as it began to disintegrate around them. As he held her in his arms so a pair of silver gossamer wings released themselves from the confines of his robes, flexed once then wrapped themselves around the pair completely enveloping the two and shielding them from the blast as the little ship made its final landing.
Slowly Anori returned to consciousness. She was lying underneath her bed which was just as well as a large piece of wreckage was taking up most of the tiny cabins space. Gingerly she flexed her limbs. Her legs were still okay but her right wrist was too sore to move. She didn't think it was broken. She coughed, "ouch!" she wheezed. A couple of broken ribs no doubt. A warm wet trickling indicated a gash to the head. "Could have been worse." she thought to herself as she managed to squeeze her way out from under the bed and negotiate the obstacle course in front of her. At last she managed to make her way to what was left of the bridge. She stood staring at the once proud ships nerve center, now reduced to a heap of twisted, broken smoldering metal and wires. Sparks flew off a circuit board to the right, a small fire burned at the base of the main control panel. As she shuffled forward deeper into the ruins so she spotted the sphere and bent down to pick it up. It was shattered into three pieces, its crystal depths once proud and colorful now just a clouded empty void. A sob caught itself in her throat and she winced with the pain that lodged in her chest. A groan to her left pierced her brain and blindly she stumbled forward trying to locate the cause of the sound. She pulled and tugged at a large sheet of metal managing at last to drag it to one side. Her father lay huddled over her mother, his wings once proud and free broken & crushed to his body. His legs lay at an unnatural angle and blood flowed freely from several cuts and gashes that adorned his body. "Anori?' he coughed. "Yes father, it is I." she replied. "Don't try to talk, I will get you out of there." and Anori began to search for a way to extract her father from the wreckage. "No!" he managed to say. " B…b…but father I have to get you out to safety now, there isn't much time." said Anori her voice trembling. "Come here my child and listen carefully." he said. Anori crawled as close to her father as she could. "Here, take this and don't let anyone know you have got it. Guard it with your life." said the old male. And he passed Anori the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. It was a silver staff, about two foot long and completely encrusted with jewels down the length. A top of the staff was a golden sun with a round shaped deep blue sapphire set in the center and alternate diamonds & ruby's set in the radiating tendrils. The jewels embedded in its length were emeralds & topaz's each giving off a glitter and gleam unique to itself. Anori gasped at its elegance & beauty. "Take it Anori... guard it well for it is the symbol of our race. It holds all our secrets and our power. In the wrong hands it could cause so much unnecessary heartache and pain." The old male coughed up blood and moving uncomfortably gazed upon his daughter one last time. "I....We... love you Anori, remember that always. You are the last of the royal blood line of the Mystic race of people. Go forth... be proud....... be happy...." The Mystic king's eyes turned a dark silver as he slumped forward over his wife's body. "NOOOOOOOO !!!!" screamed Anori but alas the kings eyes turned black and he gave one last sigh before joining his mate in eternal slumber. Anori flung herself over her fathers prone corpse, hugging herself to him. "Don't leave me......" she sobbed.
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Gohan, Trunks & Goten were almost at the crash site when they heard an anguished cry of 'Noooooooooooo' that tore at their hearts. They all came to a sudden halt. "W…w…what was that?" asked Goten his eyes wide. "Sounds like someone is in trouble. Lets go!" said Gohan and the three once more continued their flight. The broken ship appeared below them, smoke billowing from the hull. Trunks hand went to his mouth "How could anyone survive that?" he asked incredulously. "Lets hope that whoever was piloting the craft is still alive." said Gohan and he flew down to the twisted carcass. The three began to quickly scan through the rubble, suddenly Gohan's head jerked. "Over there." he said. "A power level but its not very strong, quick you guys." said Gohan as he powered across and began to remove chunks of broken metal. At last they managed to clear a way into what remained of the ships bridge. A fire was taking hold just below the main control panel and Gohan could smell a form of gas in the air. They didn't have much time. "Hurry guys." he said. "Over here." called Trunks, "What is it?" said Goten. "A girl.... I think..." replied Trunks as he went to pick the form up. He rolled her over.... her silver eyes were staring into space. Trunks reached for a pulse & found a weak one. "She's alive but unconscious." he said. "Okay, lets get her out of here." said Gohan. Trunks lifted the girl and levitated back out of the hole they had made and flew to the safety of the mountain. "Go with him Goten, I will check for anymore survivors." said Gohan. He wanted his little brother out of the way before he examined the body of the alien in front of him. It wasn't a pretty sight and the last thing he needed right now was for Goten to see what a bloody mess of flesh & bone remained. He could do without the nightmares. Goten shivered and left the ship. Gohan looked at the body in front of him and sighed softly. "I wonder where you are from and what brings you to our planet in this way?" As he moved the male to lay him in a more suitable position he discovered the body of the female. A tear worked its way to the corner of his eye, such a senseless death. The female was untouched, not a mark graced her slim elegant body. "Why? Why?" thought Gohan. He was shaken from his thoughts by shouting from outside. He floated back outside to see what all the commotion was about. Trunks & Goten were calling him and gesturing wildly at the sky. He turned and saw a small unknown ship approaching. Quickly he flew off and joined the others on the cliff edge. "Who is it?" asked Trunks. Gohan shielded his eyes and scanned around. "Its not from this planet." he said. As the ship came in lower it became apparent that it was looking for something and that something happened to be the smoking hulk below. The ship landed and the ramp opened. Gohan took Goten & Trunks by the shoulders and pulled them back against the cliff face. "Lets find somewhere to hide" he whispered.
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